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My graphite pencil drawing of an old scene on the Danube in Romania 3216 views on 28/01/2016

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The River Danube ( Blue Danube) is the longest river in the EU and second longest in Europe as a whole.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the Brigach and Breg rivers. These join at the German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and now flows for a distance of 2850 km, passing through 10 countries, before emptying into the Black Sea in Romania.The river has long been recognised as a thing of beauty and still attracts awe and reverence from the beholder. The waltz ‘The Blue Danube’ written in 1867 by Johann Strauss, became the symbol of imperial Vienna and still holds an important place in the world today.

Thank you Mary :)This is ‘sort of’ a view of what Severin ‘might’ have looked like in the early days :)I do a magazine of the village where we live, which tracks the life of the village through all seasons, perhaps you would like to check it out?The pig and goat in the ‘Christmas in Barda’ section belong to the local priest and they wander about the village at will.Happy New YearDennis

Very good for a beginner. All the basic elements in perspective, horizon line, linear perspective, and the reduced size of the town in the background. Keep up the effort. I call sketching and drawing, my poor mans hobby, because a piece of blank paper (on one side anyway) and a pencil, are cheap. Even a piece of coal, and a cave wall is available to a drawing artist. I started serious sketching at age 42, and I still enjoy it today at age 56. :)

My first attempts (this was acrylic painting and lasted for about 1 year, stopping when I moved from Devon to Gibraltar) were made in about 1995.Nothing until 2006, when I was released from hospital after a heart by-pass operation and restarted my acrylic painting. This episode ended when I moved to Romania at the beginning of 2008.Now, in Romania and in 2010 at the age of 68, I started to sketch and draw at quite a rate.The only instruction I have ever received was in engineering and technical drawing, whilst at school and the majority of my drawings see my blank paper covered in perspective lines before I start :)

Thank you for your wonderful comments linmarie :)The Danube is just at the end of our road and there is very little that is modern there and so with my drawings I try to exaggerate the age of my scenes.Best wishesDennis

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Thank you very much Leigh :)We have an apartment quite close to the Danube and when I first came to Romania I was at the Danube most days.Now that we have restored the house in the country our visits to the town are very few and far between although, because our house is at 420m, we can still see the Danube in the valley below.